Crash of a De Havilland DH.60M Moth in Lympne: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 18, 1931
Registration:
G-AAKR
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Lympne - Lympne
MSN:
1395
YOM:
1930
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot departed Lympne on a local solo training flight. At a height of 4,000 feet, while completing aerobatics, he lost control of the airplane that entered a dive. A wing broke off and the airplane lost several pieces before crashing in Royal Oak Inn, near Lympne. The pilot was killed.
